crows Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun black birds having a raucous call
    crow.
  2. noun the cry of a cock (or an imitation of it)
    crow.
  3. noun a member of the Siouan people formerly living in eastern Montana
    Crow.
  4. noun a small quadrilateral constellation in the southern hemisphere near Virgo
    Corvus; Crow.
  5. noun an instance of boastful talk
    crow; vaporing; crowing; bragging; brag; line-shooting; gasconade.
    • his brag is worse than his fight
    • whenever he won we were exposed to his gasconade
  6. noun a Siouan language spoken by the Crow
    Crow.
  7. verb dwell on with satisfaction
    crow; triumph; gloat.
  8. verb express pleasure verbally
    crow.
    • She crowed with joy
  9. verb utter shrill sounds
    crow.
    • The cocks crowed all morning

WordNet


Crows noun plural
Wordforms
singular Crow
Definitions
  1. (Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians of the Dakota stock, living in Montana; -- also called Upsarokas.

Webster 1913